[tied] Re: Velesu/Volosu

Got this from a university class website:

http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/russ110/handout_p1_paganism.htm

"...Finally, there was Volos, or Veles, the livestock god, patron of
shepherds (originally the patron of hunters). Later he came to be
considered a patron of the mounted horsemen of the warrior class as
well. His holiday was Dec. 25-Jan 6 and also March 20-25. Jan 6 was
Veles' Day. Also considered the God of riches, hence such words as
vladet' to possess, vlast' power. In Christian times Volos was
confused with the Devil."

Could the etymology be connected to riches/wealth/power, similar to
Pluto?

Cort Williams

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:30:05 +0000, andelkod <andelkod@...> wrote:
>
> >And, all you guys ignored my idea that 'blago' original meaning
may
> >be 'cattle', and later meaning 'goods'.
> >My grandmother still today use word 'blas·c·e' for a cow
(singular),
> >and 'blago' for cows.
>
> The trouble is that these semantic developments work both ways.
There are
> cases of cattle -> good(s), but there are also cases of good(s) ->
cattle.
>
> The first development can be exemplified by:
>
> *pek^u "cattle" -> Goth. faihu "property", Lat. pecunia "money"







> The second development can be seen in:
>
> Greek kekte:mai "possess" -> kte:ne: "cattle"
> Spanish ganar "earn" -> ganado "cattle"
> Slavic dobyti "earn" -> Cz. dobytek "cattle"
> Germanic skatt- "treasure" -> Slavic skot "cattle"
> Latin capitale "capital" -> English cattle
> English stock -> livestock
> Latin habere "to have" -> Basque abere "(domestic) animal"
>
> The Slavic root *bol'g- generally means "to bless, to praise" as a
verb,
> and "good, happy" as an adjective. Only in the South Slavic
languages (but
> not attested in OCS) the meaning "cattle", "money", "eating meat"
has
> developed. Outside etymological connections also point to an
original
> meaning "good" (< shiny, white): Skt. bhárgas- "strahlender Glanz",
Latv.
> bal~gans "whitish", Toch. pälk- "to burn, heat, light", Grk.
phlego: "to
> burn", phlo:ks "flame", Lat. flamma "flame", fulgor "lightning",
Germanic
> *blank- "white", as well as English "black" (!).
>
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